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In a ticking episode of Things You Might Not Know, host Tom Scott visits the island town of Gudhjem, Denmark to explain why the Nordic country continually lags by fractions of a second behind Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). Scott spoke with meteorologist Mikkel Schou Nielsen, who explained why this occurs and why antiquated law prevents…

In a conflagrant episode of Things You Might Not Know, host Tom Scott explains exactly why fairly regular explosions occur underneath the manhole covers in London. Because he couldn’t demonstrate his theory within urban confines, he took it out to an open field where Darkstar Pyrotechnics set up similar conditions to create an explosion of…

In a lexemic episode of “Things You Might Not Know” taken on location at the British Museum, host Tom Scott explains how the medieval Irish language of Ogham used notches carved into stones in order to communicate. While the notches did the main communication, the spaces in between also played a significant role. When it…

In a spiring episode of “Things You Might Not Know“, host Tom Scott takes to the sky, strapped to the top of a small propeller plane. While Scott was soaring through the sky, the proprietors and employees of Aerosuperbatics Wingwalking explain how much wing walking safety has evolved from the very dangerous nascent years of…

This blog post was originally published September 18, 2018 on John Law’s personal blog. These photos were a re-creation of the final shoot out on an abandoned ship to shore fueling platform on a dead end street on Islais Creek just south of the intersection of Marin and Illinois Sts. The Suicide Club (1977-1982) would host…

In a combustible episode of Things You Might Not Know, host Tom Scott flew above the forests of British Columbia in a helicopter piloted by Bradley Friesen, human to the adorable, highflying bulldog named Bentley, to explain why it’s better to let some wildfires burn, rather than trying to extinguish them completely. Dr. Lori Daniels,…

In a dactylic episode of Things You Might Not Know, the rather adventurous host Tom Scott travelled to Dawson City in Yukon, Canada, where he stopped in at the Downtown Hotel for a taste of their signature drink, the Sourtoe Cocktail. This cocktail is a fairly typical sour with the big exception of a severed,…

While at home on British soil,Tom Scott, host of Things You Might Not Know demonstrated how to prepare a cup of tea in accordance with ISO 3103 – the section of the International Organization for Standardization that governs the machinations of brewing tea. Scott found the results to be okay and was quick to point…